Royal Sorcerer Navlaan

Royal Sorcerer Navlaan is a character, merchant and possible invader in Dark Souls II. He's voiced by Blake Ritson, who also voiced Griggs in Dark Souls and Hawkwood in Dark Souls III.

Location[]

Navlaan can be found on the first floor of within Aldia's mansion at Aldia's Keep. He is found behind the staircase after taking a right.

Description[]

Navlaan appears to be a kind young man suffering from possession by a malevolent entity, as he speaks in a gentle and timid voice to a human player and an evil, malicious voice to a hollowed player and refers to himself in the plural. His light persona also asks the player explicitly not to release him. The messages before the switch on the first floor warning the player to pull back, seem to refer to Navlaan and his dangerous dual nature.

Lore[]

A royal sorcerer once worked on research to devise powerful new spells, hoping to bring new forms of magic to the world. However, something went wrong during the experiments, causing the creation of a malevolent entity who possessed the young sorcerer, causing him to develop a split personality. Said entity calls itself Navlaan.

One day, Navlaan took full control of the sorcerer's psyche and went on a killing spree. After the "good side" of the sorcerer woke up, he discovered all the murders that Navlaan had committed. Terrified of such acts and feeling partially responsible for what had transpired, the sorcerer sealed himself and Navlaan away behind a magic barrier.

The description for the hexes Scraps of Life and Darkstorm, states that Navlaan and his entire village were executed for fear of necromancy. Therefore, it is possible that either the malevolent entity is the spirit of Navlaan himself or the entity is a separate being that simply adopted the name of Navlaan.

Navlaan is discovered in his prison by the Bearer of the Curse. If the Bearer is hollow, the malevolent entity will speak them, asking them to perform a series of murders and to bring Navlaan proof of their victims' demise, in return for rewards. These victims are Laddersmith Gilligan, Cale the Cartographer, Felkin the Outcast, and finally, the Emerald Herald. His first two targets appear to have angered Navlaan in some way, in particular Cale, who came upon Navlaan in his travels and treated him as if he were a rare species of animal. His reasons for wishing Felkin dead are unknown, and he requests that the Bearer kills the Emerald Herald because he wants them to kill "someone of import", though he expresses doubt in her claims to be the "Last Firekeeper".

The Bearer of the Curse may either assassinate Navlaan's targets, or acquire the proof Navlaan seeks through peaceful means, allowing them to trick him into believing his marks are dead. Either way, Navlaan will be at peace, and offer his services as a merchant. If the Bearer of the Curse releases Navlaan, Navlaan will declare that he has found a new mark, and will begin relentlessly pursuing them.

Assassination quest[]

If the player speaks to Navlaan while hollow and before releasing him, he will ask the player to return bounties from four characters in exchange for rewards. The items from the bounties will not be taken out of the player's inventory upon presenting them to Navlaan. Completing all bounties will reward the player with the Chaos Set.

Target	Item	Reward
Laddersmith Gilligan	Ladder Miniature	Dispelling Ring
Cale the Cartographer	Cale's Helm	Simpleton's Spice
Felkin the Outcast	Sunset Staff	Forbidden Sun
Emerald Herald	Aged Feather	Unleash Magic

Tricking Navlaan[]

All four characters can be spared by obtaining their item through different methods, the following are how each item is acquired without murdering the character:

• The Ladder Miniature can also be purchased from Gilligan for 7,999 souls.
• Cale will reward the player with his entire set for fully lighting the map in Majula's manor house. The player will need to kill certain bosses and light all primal bonfires; then, after exhausting Cale's dialogue he will give his armor set to the player.
• Felkin will give the player his staff for reaching 20 Intelligence and Faith. It can also be obtained from a Mimic outside of Aldia's Keep (unless one is playing Scholar of the First Sin).
• The Herald will give the Aged Feather to the player upon speaking with her at the Dragon Aerie.

Releasing Navlaan[]

Navlaan can be freed by throwing a lever located on the opposite side of the room he's found at. Doing this will end his assassination quests and allow a dark spirit version of him to occasionally invade while human, each yielding a Human Effigy upon defeat.

If he is spoken to while Hollow now, he'll tell the player he's going to travel around the world, implying he'll continue murdering people indiscriminately throughout his journeys. If he is spoken to while human, his light persona will sell items.

Killing his human form at Aldia's Keep will prevent any further invasions from his dark spirit form.

Invasions[]

If Navlaan is released, he will invade the player in the following locations:

• Forest of Fallen Giants: At the Place Unbeknownst bonfire, after the player has defeated the Giant Lord.
• Brightstone Cove Tseldora: At the entrance of Duke Tseldora's manor (on the bridge over the crystals).
• The Gutter: In the platform near to the room where the Havel's Set is found.
• Drangleic Castle: At Nashandra's throne room.
• Aldia's Keep: In the corridor where an ogre breaks a wall for the second time, right before the Guardian Dragon's arena.
• Dragon Aerie: In the hanging bridge located between the nest of the third Guardian Dragon and the entrance to the Dragon Shrine.

Character information[]

Wares[]

• Items
• Sorceries
• Ammunition
• Armor
• Rings

Items	Dragon Charm  ×5	Crimson Water  ×5	Bonfire Ascetic  ×10
Souls	3,600	4,200	7,500

Sorceries	Great Magic Weapon	Strong Magic Shield
Souls	6,000	6,300

Ammunition	Lightning Greatarrow	Fire Greatarrow	Destructive Greatarrow
Souls	180	180	180

Armor	Moon Hat	Astrologist's Robe	Astrologist's Gauntlets	Astrologist's Bottoms
Souls	3,600	6,000	4,200	4,800
Armor	Black Witch Hat	Black Witch Robe	Black Witch Gloves	Black Witch Trousers
Souls	7,200	7,700	5,600	6,500

Rings	Thunder Quartz Ring+2
Souls	8,400

*Will only sell to human player after freeing him. Will sell to a hollow players while still captive if all four assassination quests are completed.

Health and souls[]

Drops[]

Item	Chaos Hood	Awestone
Drop Rate	Guaranteed	Dark Spirit[1]

Trivia[]

• Navlaan is able to cast hexes without use of a chime or staff.
• Navlaan draws similarities to three characters from previous Souls games: two of them come from Demon's Souls and are Yurt the Silent Chief and Mephistopheles, as both characters have similar assassination tendencies, with one of them ordering assassination quests. The third one is Kirk, Knight of Thorns from the original Dark Souls, who also invades the player three times during the game.
• He has blue skin, similar to the Fenito, like Grave Warden Agdayne. It is, however, unknown whether the sorcerer is actually a Fenito or if the blueish skin is a side effect of Navlaan's possession.
• The title "royal sorcerer" implies that the sorcerer previously worked either for Drangleic's Royal Court or for Lord Aldia (since he's found in Aldia's Keep).

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